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China builds world's longest bridge
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30/06/2011 13:06:47
 
 
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Travel
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Asia
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>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8248197/China-builds-worlds-longest-bridge.html
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>4 years, 26.4 miles, £5.5billion~$8.8billion = $208million/mile
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>By comparisson : consider the new East Span of the SF Bay Bridge
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>11 years 2.2 miles, $5.487 billion (est) = $2.494billion/mile
>http://baybridgeinfo.org/faq
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>10x more cost efficient = A thumpin!


And the Bay Bridge cost includes Chinese construction of the bridge decks

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/26/3727847/bay-bridge-decks-made-in-up-and.html
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